Slightly melodramatic - but, after a bit of a warming trend in early February, suddenly the night-time temperature has dropped to minus 15 or more (depending on location) and daytime is not much warmer, as today, at 11 AM it's still only 9. We have seen a number of large flocks of redpolls and siskins flying over various times during the day. Siskins still visit our feeders pretty regularly. One of our black-capped chickadees has a seriously deformed bill which keeps getting worse and worse, looking like a crossbill beak. He is on the feeder constantly, trying to survive. It's so sad. Hope we don't see any more of those.
So a little later in the day, I am editing my earlier post because since I wrote at about 11 AM, I suddenly saw a junco at our feeder, the first one we've seen all winter. I had heard reports of them elsewhere in the area, but not here. So that was great, one new bird. Then a few moments later, my husband looked out and saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet! This little bird has been showing up at our feeders on these very cold days, this is the 4th or 5th time we have seen him this winter. What a special treat. Worth adding to the blog.
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